KBR, Inc. is a company dedicated to improving the world through innovation and science. The internship position focuses on supporting the NOAA GOES-R Series satellites, where interns will contribute to software development and environmental monitoring efforts.
Responsibilities
- Support and enhance operational weather and satellite-processing systems that power NOAA mission software
- Contribute to visualization interfaces and environmental data tools used by NOAA scientists, NWS forecasters, and partners across the weather enterprise
- Participate in software testing and refinement for pre-operational and operational satellite products
- Collaborate with specialists supporting one of NOAA’s flagship missions for the Nation’s weather-ready infrastructure
- Gain hands-on experience at the intersection of software engineering, meteorology, Earth science, and satellite remote sensing
Skills
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Enrollment in an accredited undergraduate or graduate program
- Strong foundation in mathematics and geometry, including basic integral calculus
- Two semesters of college physics
- Proficiency in Python, including object-oriented programming and scientific libraries (NumPy, SciPy)
- Functional experience with Linux environments (RedHat/CentOS), bash, and standard text editors (vi)
- Familiarity with Git version control workflows
- U.S. Citizenship is required due to the nature of the work
- Experience or interest in the NOAA, NWS, or U.S. weather enterprise, including exposure to satellite, radar, numerical weather prediction, or environmental data workflows
- Familiarity with Agile or Scrum software development practices
- Basic knowledge of SQL or NoSQL databases
- Understanding of scientific software development and practices for maintaining robust, scalable code
- Exposure to cloud-based environments used for data processing or scientific computing
- Interest in remote sensing, satellite products, AWIPS, environmental intelligence tools, or forecasting workflows
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
- Excellent communication skills, with an ability to translate technical concepts for scientists, engineers, and operational users
- Eagerness to explore new tools, technologies, and methodologies used across the weather enterprise
- Scientific visualization using JavaScript (e.g., D3.js)
- Satellite imagery processing, feature extraction, or algorithm prototyping
- Data science techniques for user analytics, monitoring, and system diagnostics
- Enhancing tools commonly used by NWS forecasters and NOAA scientists
Benefits
- 401K plan with company match
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance
- AD&D
- Flexible spending account
- Disability
- Paid time off
- Flexible work schedule
Company Overview
At KBR, we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions that are helping governments and companies around the world take on the great challenges of our time. It was founded in 1919, and is headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.kbr.com.
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